Description: This western man sports red clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. His clothes are grease stained in places. He has shaved his head bald. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He got into the Performer business at a young age. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Performer for the past few years.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 2000 gp. Sardonyx (50 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears suspenders and blue workpants. His shirt is red, and he wears a heavy blue leather apron most of the time, and a wedding ring on his right hand. His red hair is lengthy. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Map Maker who has hired him part-time. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He wants to get laid; and he's in love

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: In love, Has a crush, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 1000 pp. Red spinel (50 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). Pink pearl (50 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His chestnut hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: He was born at the edge of vast mountains. Reynard was born on a far northern mountains where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Fortune-teller. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Reynard fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Joker, Fighting. Bonds: Poor, Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (60 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2400 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (130 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1600 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1600 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1600 gp). Jeweled gold crown (3000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (130 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp).

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy auburn stubble. He is dressed in a clean brown cloak covering his clean studded leather. He has a hunchback. He sports a flattop hair cut. He has brown eyes.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Dwarven culture. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and obtaining odd cultural dwarven artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Impulsive. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 3000 gp. Solid gold idol (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1100 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (40 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he is renowned for his bright black suits and hats. His copper crest is matted, messy, and big. His eyes are likewise gold.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Pijjirik was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Laborer and was forced into it by his family; and an old rival family wants him found

Flaws: Ugly, Selfish, Insomniac. Bonds: In love, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 3'4" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears a tan Stetson hat and tan clothes. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. She has hazel eyes and a tan hat with a red feather.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Gnome in existence. She has all her life been fascinated with singing.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. Ellywick abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature bow.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Justice, Artistic. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 11000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (90 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1500 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (90 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). Jeweled gold crown (8000 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (180 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1500 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1500 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (180 gp). Silver ewer (90 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1200 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (5000 gp).

Description: He is wearing a long, violet, dusty cloak. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. He has wavy silver hair. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his violet eyes.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the west. His childhood dream was to be a Performer, but he was a colossal failure. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy, Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 3000 gp.